One of the new planes arriving in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs is the Italian single-seat Macchi M.5, a refined, extremely manoeuvrable and agile flying-boat fighter, which was operated by Italy and the United States. Designed in 1917 by engineers Carlo Felice Buzio and Luigi Calzavara, from the Nieuport Macchi, in Varese (northern Italy), the Macchi M.5 was introduced into service in Autumn that …
Our previous article presented the Fokker E.V, the first aircraft featured in the recently released WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. Now let’s learn something more about the three versions presented in Wings of Glory. Erich Löwenhardt Löwenhardt was born in Breslau, Silesia, of the German Empire on 7 April 1897, the son of a doctor. He received his education at a military school in Lichterfelde. …
Two huge bombers are coming soon to the Wings of Glory WW1 game: the heavy bombers Handley-Page O/400 and Zeppelin Staaken R.VI. To release these big and complex airplane models, a crowdfunding project is currently running on Kickstarter until April 2nd. Let’s learn more about them, starting with the Handley-Page O/400, the largest aircraft in the UK at the end of WW1. Handley-Page O/400, the largest …
Four new fighters are arriving this month in a new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs – the Fokker E.V., Nieuport Ni.28, Macchi M.5 and Hannover CL.IIIa. It’s time to learn more about these aircrafts, starting with the Fokker E.V (also known as Fokker D.VIII), the last fighter type built by Antony Fokker for the German Fliegertruppe during WWI. The Fokker E.V (Eindecker – …
The second iconic ship of the XIX Century featured in the Sails of Glory Special Ship Packs is the USS Constitution 1797 (1812) or “Old Ironsides,” the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy. This wooden hull, three-masted frigate was launched in 1797 to provide protection for American merchant ships from Barbary pirates’ attacks and French aggression, but she’s most known for her actions during the …
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